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Your town or city has decided to put together a Mardi Gras celebration based on the New Orleans carnival. They have invited anyone who wishes to put together a Krewe to participate in the parade. Your family has decided to form a Krewe and create a float for the parade.

As a volunteer at a local community group, you have been asked to be part of the committee heading up this year’s fundraiser.

You are participating in the Patrimoine francophone at Louis-Riel. At your booth, you will showcase one of the francophone countries listed on Jour 2, different than the four that were studied in this section. You will present recipes and food samples from your chosen country, and provide a cultural aspect that will include facts on its people, language(s), religion(s), way of life, staple foods, important celebrations as well as interesting facts about eating habits.

You are a student at a boarding school. As a part time job, you have been hired to work in the school cafeteria. Your first assignment is to plan the menu for the following week. Being a boarding school, the cafeteria serves three meals a day as well as snacks. Review how many portions, from each food group, students your age should eat everyday in “Mon guide alimentaire”. Use this information to help you fill in the chart. Next, pick one day from your menu, and complete a liste d’épicerie. Finally, Mme Dennis questions your choices for the menu. Write ten sentences to explain why your choices are healthy. Use the valeur nutritive or les ingrédients to help you.

This semester you are taking a clothing design course as one of your options. Your teacher has asked you to present three different outfits.

The school fashion show was a hit! Your school newspaper wants you to write a review for the next issue. There is room to include two pictures and write-ups. You may use two outfits you tried on at the mall on Jour 6 or any other pictures of your choice. Put together your newspaper layout. Then write a detailed description of your outfits.

Your father is a biologist and head of the committee that has been trying to bring a new zoo to your city/town. He just received the good news that they now have the funding for the zoo and must start the planning. Your father and the committee feel that it is important to advertise the coming of the new zoo. They wish to create a brochure. Your father mentioned your skills in design to the committee and they have hired you to put together the brochure.

The local newspaper is having a “Comic Strip” contest. The theme for the comic strip is “Pets”. The contest write- up and rules are as follows: Having a pet can be a lot of work, rewarding, expensive, entertaining, fun and many other things. Pick a pet that you already have, or one that you might want to have. Write a comic strip about a scenario of something that could happen when you own this pet.

Your homeroom has been volunteering at the elementary school across the street. Every Friday, you have been reading stories with your grade one partner. As a special project, your teacher has asked you to write your own story that you will share with your partner at the end of the month.